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الإمام أحمد بن حنبل (ت ٢٤١ هـ)

Musnad Ahmad 8729

مسند أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه
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Musnad AhmadHadith 8729Ungradedمسند أحمدرقم ٨٧٢٩مسند أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه

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حدثنا يونس، وسريج، قالا: حدثنا فليح، عن هلال، عن عطاء بن يسار، عن أبي هريرة، قال: بينما رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم جالس في مجلسه يحدث القوم حديثا، جاء أعرابي، فقال: يا رسول الله، متى الساعة؟ قال: فمضى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يحدث، فقال بعض القوم: سمع فكره ما قال، وقال بعضهم: بل لم يسمع حتى إذا قضى حديثه، قال: " أين السائل عن الساعة؟ " قال: ها أنا ذا، يا رسول الله، قال: " إذا ضيعت الأمانة، فانتظر الساعة "، قال: يا رسول الله، كيف؟ أو ما إضاعتها؟ قال: " إذا توسد الأمر غير أهله، فانتظر الساعة "

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Edition Musnad al-Imam Ahmad, ed. Shu'ayb al-Arna'ut et al., Mu'assasat al-Risala, 1995-2001 (OpenITI Shamela0025794); numbering of that edition. Al-Arna'ut's grading footnotes are not in the digital text.

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #8729 in Musnad Ahmad.

[Core Subject]: The Hour (al-Sa'ah) is the moment this world ends. Everything alive dies, the universe is undone, and then comes the resurrection. The Quran mentions it again and again, and the Prophet ﷺ spoke of the signs that come before it.

[Described Characteristics]: It comes suddenly, while people are busy with their lives: one man is selling cloth, another is fixing his water trough, another is lifting food to his mouth, and none of them finishes. Before it come signs, small ones that spread slowly and ten great ones that come close together.

[Timeline & Context]: Only Allah knows. The Quran says its knowledge is with Him alone, and when Jibril asked the Prophet ﷺ, he answered: the one asked knows no more than the one asking. Any date or countdown contradicts this.

[Prophetic Practice]: A man asked, 'When is the Hour?' The Prophet ﷺ asked back, 'What have you prepared for it?' The real question is our own preparation, not the date.

[Core Subject]: When trust (amanah) is lost, wait for the Hour. And trust is lost when affairs are given to those not fit for them.

[Described Characteristics]: Hudhayfah narrated that trust will be lifted from people's hearts little by little, until it is said 'in such-and-such tribe there is one trustworthy man', and a man is praised as clever, charming and wise while he has not a mustard seed of faith in his heart.

[Timeline & Context]: It happens gradually and has no fixed place in the order of the signs.

[Prophetic Practice]: 'Each of you is a shepherd and each is responsible for his flock.' Keep the trusts you hold.

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